fix(vscode): show board participants in message headers - #13957
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What Problem This Solves
board_readtool headers showed only the generic parent task glyph, even when the result contained messages from several agents. Broadcastboard_postroutes also representedALLrecipients with two generic task glyphs. The message routes themselves had partial avatar support, but the UI did not identify all participants consistently.Why This Change Was Made
The
board_readrenderer now collects unique concrete sender and recipient IDs from the returned messages and renders them in the header. Broadcastboard_postroutes use the active avatar roster to render concrete recipients, while retaining the old generic fallback when no roster is available. Themainparticipant keeps the existing static task glyph.The participant row uses a small non-overlapping layout. Overlapping the dot-grid avatars made the header difficult to read.
User Impact
Collapsed board message reads now show the parent glyph followed by the avatars for every concrete participant in the conversation. Broadcast posts show the known recipient avatars instead of generic placeholders. Direct message routes and the parent icon are unchanged.
Evidence
Before, the header only showed the generic task glyph:
After, it shows the parent glyph followed by both participant avatars:
Broadcast before, with two generic task glyphs for
ALL:Broadcast after, with the two known recipient avatars:
Validation:
bun test tests/unit/board-tool-render.test.tspassed with multiple participants.bun run lintpassed inpackages/kilo-vscode.bun run bundlepassed inpackages/kilo-vscode.CI follow-up:
swarm-board.spec.tsassertions that still expected two generic icons for the composite broadcast. The updated expectation checks for one parent icon, one recipient avatar, and the participant stack.AgentManagerProvider.tssize guard (1901 lines against a 1900-line cap), unrelated to avatar behavior. The focused local architecture test passes after removing one blank line locally.